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Compensation contracts prepared to deal with the agency problem can be based on accounting and/or non-accounting measurements.

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To reduce agency costs, organisations implement various systems and controls to monitor behaviour, including: I Publishing audited firaricial staternents\text {Publishing audited firaricial staternents} II Filing income tax retums\text {Filing income tax retums} III Tying financial rewards to reported results\text {Tying financial rewards to reported results}


A) I and II only
B) II and III only
C) I and III only
D) I, II, and III

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Relative performance evaluation (RPE), in relation to incentive systems, is about the comparison of company performance, using suitable measures, against the performance of a peer group.

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Regulation in Australia with respect to reward systems for senior executives is:


A) found in the Corporations Act
B) found in the ASX Listing Rules
C) there is no regulation in Australia that deals specifically with the rewards of senior executives
D) a and b

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An organisation's chief executive officer can be both a principal and an agent.

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Reward systems at top management level are most commonly fixed payment packages.

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Which of these is correct concerning agency theory? Normally the:


A) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is a principal only
B) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is an agent only
C) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is a principal and an agent
D) None of the above is correct

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Compensation contracts that provide incentives for agents to increase organisational value might include: I Cash-based boruses\text {Cash-based boruses} II Share options\text {Share options} III Cash bonuses based on share price increases or targets\text {Cash bonuses based on share price increases or targets}


A) II and III only
B) I and III only
C) I and II only
D) I, II, and III

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Agency theory is an analytical framework that tells managers how to solve potential conflicts with shareholders.

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Which of these is not one of the four categories contained in the CoCo (criteria of control) guidance on control integrated framework?


A) Strategic
B) Operations
C) Departmental
D) Compliance

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It is common in accounting to define a 'long-term' view as:


A) 2-3 years
B) 2-4 years
C) 1-2 years
D) 3-5 years

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Agency theory is related to accounting because organisations incur costs, including the costs to produce accounting information, to solve conflicts that might arise between managers and owners.

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Which of these is an advantage of rewarding senior executives with cash rather than with non-cash payments?


A) It is likely to be preferred by a risk-averse executive
B) The lasting nature of cash
C) It helps to overcome the agency problem
D) All of the above are advantages

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Agency theory recognises two kinds of information consumers. Which of the following describes the relationship between them?


A) Agents hire principals to hold them accountable for decisions.
B) Principals and agents work together in the best interest of the organisation.
C) Principals hire agents to make decisions for them.
D) Principals are government employees, while agents work in the private sector.

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A manager under-investing in projects that are in shareholder's best interests but which may reduce the manager's own bonus payment, is classed as which type of agency cost?


A) Monitoring cost
B) Loss from incongruent goals
C) Loss from a poor decision
D) Contracting cost

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Research has found that in Australia in the last 10 years CEO's salaries have increased at 10 times the rate of shareholder's returns.

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Managers can reduce agency costs through the use of compensation contracts.

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It is not possible to overcome the problem of remuneration bonuses having an upside bias.

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The correct statement concerning intrinsic and extrinsic rewards is:


A) A holiday paid for by the company for an executive is an extrinsic reward
B) Extrinsic rewards are non-cash incentives
C) A cash bonus paid to an executive by the company is an intrinsic reward
D) All of the statements are true

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When executive pay is linked closely to the firm's performance it is not possible for executives' pay to increase when the company's share price is falling.

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